Aston Villa manager Roberto Di Matteo sacked by Dr Tony Xia

Aston Villa have sacked manager Roberto Di Matteo after a run of nine Championship matches without a win.
Villa have only won one match all season and Dr Tony Xia has acted following their latest defeat, a 2-0 loss to Preston North End yesterday.
The 5,600 Villans at Deepdale chanted 'You're getting sacked in the morning' to their manager as he trudged off the pitch and they were right (give or take a couple of hours).
The club goes into the international break in search of a new manager with former Birmingham City boss Steve Bruce believed to be at the front of the queue.
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